# Hutt

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hʌt/ · frequency rank #39,852

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A former county in the modern Wellington region, New Zealand, which was abolished in 1989; in full, Hutt County.

## Etymology
Named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company.

## Easily confused with
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hutt-vs-huw)
- **Hutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hutt-vs-hutu)
- **Hyatt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hutt-vs-hyatt)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hutt-vs-hutton)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hu-vs-hutt)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hit-vs-hutt)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hutt)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hat-vs-hutt)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huh-vs-hutt)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hug-vs-hutt)
- **hub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hub-vs-hutt)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hutt)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hum-vs-hutt)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hue-vs-hutt)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hun-vs-hutt)
- **HUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hud-vs-hutt)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hua-vs-hutt)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hui-vs-hutt)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/het-vs-hutt)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hur-vs-hutt)

## Common misspellings (3)
`hhutt`, `htut`, `uhtt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hutt